Kobe Bryant...Sports Legacy Research Defined

YouTube Video : 

"What Made Kobe Bryant A Unique Basketball Player 

Video Provided from: Wall Street Journal

Kobe Bryant's death along that of his 13-year old daughter, Gianna, with seven other travelers has been a major topic of discussion this week. According to the Los Angeles Times everyone on this fatal helicopter were considered, "mothers, fathers, daughters and coaches."

Kobe Bryant  retired from the NBA after an outstanding career with the Los Angeles Lakers.  This future NBA Hall of Famer will be the topic of many books and journals.  If you need help in gathering some resources to help you with this project, the Librarians at Logue Library will gladly help you with this endeavor.

In fact if you are a Business Major who has chosen a Sports Management Minor you will find a number of resources on this topic.  Use Logue Library to create a good research paper!

Check the library site for links for  Sports Management Majors.

If you search on the topic "Kobe Bryant"  in our catalog you will retrieve over 260 results.

If you search on the topic "Kobe Bryant"  in databases you will retrieve over 19,400 results. That should be enough!

Feel free to comment on this blog.

Posted by J. Presley, Systems Management Librarian

Chinese New Year - History & Culture

Chestnut Hill College is celebrating the 2020 Chinese New Year, the "Year of the Rat" from January 24th to January 30th.  There will be holiday food, traditional dancing - even a Chinese Dragon and festivities on campus this week. 

Here is a picture of Chef Joseph Poon, in Chestnut Hill College's Fournier Dining Hall. creating great design and dishes to celebrate this holiday!

Dancers at the Rotunda

In fact if you are an International Business, Language, and Culture Major at our college you will find many resources that reflect this topic.  You can gather all of your resources from Logue Library to make a good research paper!

Check the library site for links for International Business, Language, and Culture Majors.

If you search on the topic "Chinese New Year" you will see over 580 results in our catalog which includes  462 eBooks and 112 Print Books on this topic. 

Here are a few of the books on this topic below:

What books listed above would you most likely read?

Feel free to comment on this blog.

Posted by J. Presley, Systems Management Librarian

"Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Historical Perspective"

(Fact: Dr. King's real birth date is January 15th)

YouTube Video:  Martin Luther King Day:
Video Provided from Studies Weekly

Dr. Martin Luther King's annual holiday on the third Monday in January is about to approach us all in the Chestnut Hill College Community.  However, Logue Library would like to focus on the Historical Perspective of  Dr. King's of his legacy.

There have been so many authors throughout the world who have taken the time to get a pen, paper, typewriter or computer to create a book that reflects this historical figure.

In fact if you were a History Major at our college you will find many resources that reflect this topic.  You could gather all of your resources from Logue Library to make a pretty good research paper!

Check the library site for links for History Majors.

So on the 25 anniversary of this National Holiday the Logue Library would like to focus on the books that reveal the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr.

If you search on the topic of "Martin Luther King, Jr. and History" you will see over 200 results in our catalog which includes  122 eBooks and 84 Print Books on this topic. 

Here are a few of the books on this topic below:

Feel free to comment on this blog.

What books listed above would you most likely read?

Posted by J. Presley, Systems Management Librarian

Happy New Year 2020!

Well, we made it to a New Year and the Librarians at Chestnut Hill College's Logue Library are back to help the members of the CHC Community with their research needs.


We've arrived in the year 2020, and hopefully it will be an interesting journey for us all.  Remember that this library has plenty of resources for your research needs.


Now, about the Logue Library....


If you search on the topic of "Happy New Year" you will see over 239 results in our catalog which includes over 109 eBooks and 130 Books on this topic. 

Here are a few of the books on this topic below:

 

Each year, "experts," make predictions for what will lie ahead.  Check the Logue Catalog that provides this information for this year.

Type "Year 2020," in the search box to find over 239 results in our catalog which offers 50 titles on this topic.  It's like having a Crystal ball! 

Here are a few of the books on this topic below:

Feel free to comment on this blog.

What books listed above would you most likely read?

Posted by J. Presley, Systems Management Librarian

Merry Christmas from Logue Library - Plus a Christmas IQ Quiz!

Merry Christmas from the Logue Library Staff from 2019!

In this blog we will focus on the topic of Christmas Trivia.  Click on the video and see if you can answer all of the 15 questions in the quiz.

Here are some more online Christmas IQ Test that you can take as well!

Christmas I.Q. Test

 http://www.saccentral.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Christmas-IQ-Test.pdf

Christmas (IQ)Quiz:

http://www.llandudnoyfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Christmas-IQ-Quiz.pdf

Christmas is that time of year when Christmas Spirit becomes contagious. 
As you can see from the pictures below, the excitement of the season is alive & well in Logue Library.

Our Christmas Teddy's

                                                    Our Book Tree

Mr. Grinch

Our Christmas Book Display - Part 1

                                 Our Christmas Book Display - Part 1

                                   Logue Library's Christmas Lights


Now, about the Logue Library....

If you search on the topic of Christmas you will see over 29,972 results in our catalog which includes over 472 eBooks and 762 Books. 

Here are a few of the books on this topic below:

If you search on the topic of Christmas Traditions you will see over 660 results in our catalog which includes over 30 eBooks and 24 Books on this topic. 

Feel free to comment on this blog.

What books listed above would you most likely read?

Special Thanks to Sister Mary Jo Larkin, Dean for Library and Info Resources  and Kelly Liberona, ILL Requests, Information Literacy and Outreach for creating the displays.

Posted by J. Presley, Systems Management Librarian

Time to "Give Thanks" for Thanksgiving!

Turkey, stuffing or dressing..cranberry sauce,,.pies,,,calories...but who cares!
It is time for that Wonderful Annual Holiday Tradition of eating and being Thankful - called ...Thanksgiving...  

For those of you who enjoy trivia, the website, All Parenting provided some Thanksgiving Quick Facts "Speed Round" shown below..

These facts will be great to use while your enjoying the day with your family.

·         Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey, not the eagle, to be the national bird. 

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·         Americans eat 46 million turkeys each Thanksgiving.

·         Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's first meal in space after walking on the

              moon was foil packets with roasted turkey.

·         The heaviest turkey on record, according to the Guinness Book of Records, 

               weighed 86 pounds.

·         Californians consume the most turkey in the U.S. on Thanksgiving Day!

·         Female turkeys (called hens) do not gobble. Only male turkeys gobble.

·         The average turkey for Thanksgiving weighs 15 pounds.

·         Campbell's soup created green bean casserole for an annual cookbook 50

          years ago. It now sells $20 million worth of cream of mushroom soup.

Now, let's talk about the Logue Library...

If you search on the topic of Thanksgiving you will receive over 3,100 results in our catalog which includes 141 eBooks and 119 Print books on this topic.

Some of our books include:

Feel free to comment on this blog.

What book listed above would you most likely read?

Posted by J. Presley, Systems Management Librarian